Object: Pants
Designer:
Patrick Kelly
(1954 - 1990)
Date: Spring 1988
Medium: Spandex
Country: France
Credit Line: Gift of Julia Szabo
Object number: 98.90.2
DescriptionStretch pants in spandex printed with multicolor Kente Cloth design
Label Text:Patrick Kelly references Ghanian kente cloth in this ensemble, replicating the woven pattern as a print. Reproducing a traditional pattern on contemporary fashion might read as appropriation. But those familiar with Kelly’s work know he consistently celebrated blackness by embracing controversial iconography with joyful wit.
In Collection(s)
Exhibitions:
- Black Fashion Designers